acknowledgements i wish to express my gratitude to all those who have helped me in preparing this thesis. i would like to express my deep gratitude to my respected advisor dr. kourosh akef, whose advice and comments helped me in the early stages of the research and throughout the writing process. i would also like to express my gratitude to dr. hajar khanmohammad whose invaluable guidance he...

abstract the present research is prepared to study the culture of tea consuming among iranian. the case group which was statistically used for this study was people of lahijan , about four hundred wich were chosen according to their age , gender , education and occupation , randomly selected to fill the questionnaire . then the data collected through the questionnaire was analyzed according ...

Goals: In today’s organizational world, Creative Directors, Creative Organizations and Creative Workers are the sides of the creative triangle which do not get the meaning without any creativity or innovation. The appropriate organizational structure and support and encouragement of leaders and managers are two essential elements in creativity, and contexts and conditions of creativity is ...

Background: Employee’s creativity has a critical role in hospitals productivity. Numerous individual and organizational factors influence employee’s creativity. This study aimed to examine the relationship between organizational culture and employees’ creativity in Qazvin city hospitals, Iran. Methods: 2 questionnaires (i.e., organizational culture and employees’ creati...

adaptation of the lord of the rings is considered by many to be among the greatest, most successful and at the same time most popular of the above mentioned trend so far. it is my intention to look at the success and popularity of this epic fantasy in the light of the 9/11 attacks and the war on terror context of g. w. bush’s aura. in so doing i aim at bringing into the light the determining fa...

on- the-job training on of the most effective tools for managers to cope with the changing organizational environment. it grantess suitable services to customers, particularly in public service enterprises. if such training os goal oriented, planned systematically, and tailored to the employees, job content, then not only it could increase employees and organizational performance, but also it c...

august wilson is undoubtedly one of the rare black playwrights whose works have attracted streams of attention and worldwide audience. the present study aims at analyzing fences and piano lesson which are two of the most successful plays in his pittsburgh cycle from the perspective of michel foucault’s theories and ideas. studying these two plays from foucault’s perspective opens new windows in...

abstract the problems caused by the traditional system of criminal justice (which are based on remuneration and rehabilitation) such as, lack of attention to victim’s rights and position and society, underlie the emergence of restorative justice which had the victim-centered perspective, with respect to the role of the offender and participation of civil society. meanwhile, criminal mediation ...

The present study was conducted with the aim of pathology of the components of the creativity and innovation system in Hormozgan Gas Company. This research is applied in terms of purpose and exploratory in terms of research approach. In the first stage, 13 heads of Hormozgan Gas Company were interviewed (to the extent of theoretical saturation). The interviews were analyzed by using MAXQDA soft...